Classical Sundays at Six
The Debussy Trio

Marcia Dickstein, harp
Jeni Olson, flute
David Walther, viola

Paul Gibson: Ternion Sonata No. 2
David Walther: Trio Domestico

The Debussy Trio’s unique repertoire of 20th/21st Century American music with harp offers a refreshing and exciting change of pace for concert-goers of all ages. Their charismatic programming includes musical styles from French Impressionism through American jazz-fusion, and from famed American film composers. Highlight appearances on the international concert scene include festivals in Canada, Copenhagen, Genea, and Prague; major venues: Disney Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, and concerts in 40 states; programs for over 450,000 youth; and on NPR and PBS. Their recordings are available on the RCM, Koch, Harmonia Mundi, Albany, Navona and Klavier labels, and  appear also as MP3s at www.sheetmusicbyfatrock.com.The Trio’s dedication to developing a major repertoire for chamber music with harp has been recognized by such entities as the Aaron Copland Fund American Composers Forum, NEA, National Federation of Music Clubs, Meet the Composer, and U.S. Fund for Artists at International Festivals.

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Althea Waites, piano

Mozart: Fantasy and Fugue in C Major, K. 394
Margaret Bonds: Flamenco and Fugal Dance
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Three-Fours (Waltz Suite), Opus 71
Tania Leon: Momentum
Schubert: Sonata in A Minor, D. 784

Internationally acclaimed pianist Althea Waites has concertized extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia as a brilliant soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative artist. In addition to performances on concert stages around the world, she has also participated in numerous festivals as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and ensemble coach, including Aspen, Tanglewood, the Yale Summer Festival at Norfolk, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Idyllwild Arts Festival in Southern California and as guest artist for the National Arts Festival at Makhanda on the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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YuEun Kim, violin & Sung Chang, piano

Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Opus 100
Schubert: Fantasy in C Major, D. 934

Originally from South Korea, Violinist YuEun Gemma Kim started playing piano at age 5 and violin at 7, although she enjoyed singing Korean and American pop songs from the 80’s with her father the most. She moved to the US about 7 years ago to study at University of Southern California under the tutelage of violinist Midori Goto. She won first place in USC’s Solo Bach Competition and the Strings Concerto Competition, and was a semi-finalist at the Qingdao International Violin Competition (China) and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition (New Zealand). The most memorable competition was the Boulder International Competition: Art of Duo where she has won second prize in 2018.

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Samuel Nebyu, violin & Jacopo Giacopuzzi, piano

Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Les Caquets. Rondo en Staccato
Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Opus 47 “Kreutzer”
Jose White: La Jota Aragonesa, Opus 5

Ethiopian-Hungarian violinist Samuel Nebyu has performed as a soloist at international music festivals and venues such as the Musikverein,  Berlin Philharmonie Concert Hall, KKL in Lucerne, Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, Verizon Hall and Perelman Theater in Philadelphia, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, the Centre of Performing Arts in Brussels (BOZAR), Peles Castle in Romania, the Wiener Saal and Grosse Saal in Salzburg, Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Crown Hall in Jerusalem, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Teatro Mayor in Colombia, Gran Teatro Nacional in Peru, and Astana Central Concert Hall in Kazakhstan.

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Advent Service of Lessons and Carols
The Choir of Saint James

Patterned after the ever-popular service of Nine Lessons and Carols originating from King’s College, Cambridge, England, the Choir of Saint James offers this service on the Second Sunday of Advent.

Richard Marlow: Advent Responsory
Edward Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence
David Willcocks: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
James Buonemani: Vis aeternitatis
Will Todd: My Lord has come
William Mathias: Alleluya, a new work
Bob Chilcott: Shepherd’s Carol
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium

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Cristina Montes Mateo, harp & Friends

David Rejano Cantero, trombone
Susan Greenberg, flute
Judith Farmer, bassoon

Works by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Frank Bennett, Bernard Andres, Salvador Brotons, and Gernot Wolfgang

Winner of the unanimously 1st Prize in the XII Edition of the “Torneo Internazionale di Musica” (Rome, 2006) and the unanimously 1st Prize in the International Harp Competition “V. Bucchi” (2009), Cristina Montes Mateo is recognized as one of the leading harpists of her generation throughout the world. She has also won top international prizes at the “Arpista Ludovico” International Harp Competition (2005), the “International Nippon Harp Contest” (2007), and the Concours International de Harpe “Lily Laskine” in Paris (2011); as well as numerous national harp solo competitions like the “Jeunesses Musicales” Competition (2003) or “Victor Salvi” Special Prize at the “Arpa Plus” Contest (2001).

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No Concert this day

No Concert this day

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Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra
Vittorio Ponti, piano
Carlo Ponti, conductor

Dvorak: Nocturne in B Major, Opus 40
Stravinsky: Concerto in D Major for String Orchestra
Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052

Returning to Great Music at Saint James, the Los Angeles Virtuosi performs a Nocturne by Antonin Dvořák and Igor Stravinsky’s Concerto in D, followed by one of Bach’s most popular concertos featuring the solo debut of Vittorio Ponti. Founded in 2013 as a 501© (3) non-profit organization, the ensemble was formed on the core belief that an orchestra is a unique educational resource.

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International Laureates Organ Series
Ryan Chan

Hailed for his “solid technique… imaginative programming… tasteful creativity in registering orchestral textures” (AGO Charleston Chapter), Ryan Chan is recognized as a versatile musician who specializes in organ and harpsichord.  His passions for both early and contemporary repertoire, performance practice, historic/antique keyboards, experimentation and teaching define his musical identity.  As a soloist and a chamber/orchestral player, he has performed in venues across the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.  He has been featured in festivals such as Piccolo Spoleto L’Organo, Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, Rochester Early Music Festival and Skaneateles Festival.

Marcel Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in B Major (from Op. 7)
Rachel Laurin: Hommage à Couperin, Op. 48 & Trumpet Tune, Op. 43, N0. 6
Saint-Saëns: Fantasie Nov. 2 in D-flat Major, Op. 101
Edwin Lamare: Carmen Fantasy
Connor Chee: Hózhó
Hina Sakamoto: Lullaby that releases me from reality
Maurice Duruflé: Toccata (from Suite, Op. 5)

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Phillip Levy, violin & Tae Yeon Lim, piano

Works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, and Kreisler

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as the top classical performer of 1995, violinist Phillip Levy has received worldwide critical acclaim at festivals in Spoleto, Bayreuth, Edinburgh, Israel, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Ojai, Seattle and Aspen.

“Powerful playing… clean articulation, appealing tasteful and confident sense of style… taking no aspect of music at face value.” (London Telegraph, Wigmore Hall Debut Recital)

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Emerging Artists Series
Crossroads School EMMI Chamber Orchestra
and ensembles
Alexander Treger, conductor

The Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute (EMMI) is a renowned high school music program. In addition to the outstanding college preparatory academic offerings at Crossroads, EMMI students study music theory, harmony, analysis, counterpoint, rhythm and ear training at the conservatory/college level. Chamber Orchestra classes meet twice a week and culminate in four annual concerts. Chamber Music classes also meet twice a week, and ensembles are coached by prominent Los Angeles musicians, culminating in two concerts a year. Solo recitals are presented monthly.

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Daniel Schlosberg & Inna Faliks, duo-pianists

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (arr. Zemlinsky)

Daniel Schlosberg leads a kaleidoscopic musical life. He has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as featured soloist and in numerous chamber music concerts. He has a passion for contemporary music, collaborating frequently with Eighth Blackbird and Third Coast Percussion. He also gave the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’s “Starlight Ribbons” for solo piano; the US premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s “Calices” (for violin and piano), and several sets of piano pieces by Stanley Walden. He was a founding member of Yarn/Wire, the lauded two piano/two percussion group.

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Duo Syncopa
Tomomi Sato, piano & Yue Qian, violin

Robert Schumann: Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
Ludwig von Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 30, No. 1
John Adams: Road Movies

Tomomi Sato and Yue Qian met during their time together at Juilliard and are continuing their collaboration as Duo Syncopa at USC.

Japanese pianist Tomomi Sato is a prizewinner of the 2013 Seattle International Piano Competition. As a solo and collaborative recitalist, she has performed throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Tomomi is a doctoral candidate in Keyboard Collaborative Arts at USC Thornton School of Music, studying with Kevin Fitz-Gerald. She also studies piano performance at USC with her long-term mentor Bernadene Blaha.

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Emerging Artists Series
The Colburn Sinfonietta
Maxim Eshkenazy, conductor

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

The Colburn Sinfonietta is an ensemble for advanced young musicians working alongside student and faculty soloists conducted by Maxim Eshkenazy, who also leads the Colburn Youth Orchestra and the Colburn Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra regularly appears on Great Music at Saint James’ Sundays at Six.

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International Laureates Organ Series
Nicole Keller

Nicole Keller is in demand as a concert artist, adjudicator, and clinician.  She has concertized in the States and abroad in venues such as St. Patrick Cathedral, New York; Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Paris; Dom St. Stephan, Passau; St. Patrick Cathedral, Armagh, Northern Ireland; and The Kazakh National University for the Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan.  She specializes in eclectic programs suited to instrument and audience with a desire to expand the listener’s horizons, pairing familiar sounds and genres with less familiar ones.

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ICantori of Walla Walla University
Kraig Scott, conductor

Margaret Burk: Responses
Gabriel Jackson: Truro Canticles

Icantori (Italian: “the singers”) is the select choir of Walla Walla University, an auditioned group chosen from the 1,500-member student body, enjoys a history of touring that began in 1929.

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No Concert this day

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International Laureates Organ Series
Adam Brakel

Hailed as “an absolute organ prodigy” by National Public Radio and “one of the most talented organists in the world” by the Chicago Tribune, concert organist Adam J. Brakel is a preeminent artist “with the technique and virtuosity that most concert pianists could only dream of.” (NPR) 

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Joby Talbot’s
PATH OF MIRACLES
Members of the Choir of Saint James & guests
Maura Tuffy, conductor

(Preferred front seating (free) is reserved for our Friends of Great Music)

Path of Miracles is an extended choral composition by Joby Talbot, written in 2005 following a commission from the vocal chamber group Tenebrae. Under the direction of Nigel Short, Tenebrae’s first performance was scheduled for 7 July 2005 in London, but was delayed because of the bombings that took place in the city that day. The City of London Festival quickly rescheduled the event, and the world premiere took place on 17 July 2005 at St. Bartholomew-the-Great Church in London.

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Andrew Brownell, piano

Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze 
Granados: Valses poéticos

Since winning 2nd Prize at the 2006 Leeds Competition, Andrew Brownell has pursued an active and varied international performing career. Critics regularly remark on his creative programming and interpretive insight. Musical Opinion has described him as “potentially one of the most significant pianists of his generation”, and The Oregonian wrote that Brownell “impresses as much with his mind as with his hands… the anti-Lang Lang.”

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Los Angeles Symphonic Winds
Stephen Piazza, conductor

Mozart: Wind Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361/370a, “Gran Partita”

The Los Angeles Symphonic Winds are one of the most critically acclaimed and internationally recognized wind ensembles in the United States. Since 1983, the L.A. Winds have been a leading force in Southern California’s cultural community. Praising the Winds for their “dedication to the highest standard of musical excellence” former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote: “As one of the great cultural treasures of Los Angeles, your band has enchanted audiences with fantastic performances, elegant melodies and graceful harmonies.”

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Emerging Artists Series
Honors Ensembles from the Colburn School’s
Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute

The Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute offers one of the most comprehensive and intense pre-college level chamber music learning experiences of any music school in North America. Students are coached weekly by members of the Colburn’s nationally acclaimed faculty.

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Solemn Evensong
The Choir of Saint James

James Buonemani: Westminster Abbey Responses
Buonemani: St. James Canticles
Orlando Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands
Henryk Górecki: Totus Tuus

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Pacific Trio

Roger Wilkie, violin
John Walz, cello
Edith Orloff, piano

Cassado: Trio
Ravel: Trio in A Minor

“Top string quartets pop up everywhere, but first-rate piano trios are rare. A concert by the Pacific Trio was a special treat, as the trio demonstrated in convincing manner, why it should be considered one of the best.”

So began the Los Angeles Times review of Pacific Trio’s debut. Each member has enjoyed a celebrated career on the international music scene, rich in recital, ensemble, and concerto performances.

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Classical Sundays at Six
International Laureates Organ Series
Bruce Neswick

Bruce Neswick is the Artist in Residence at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla, CA, a position to which he was appointed in summer 2022. Prior to moving to California, he served as the Canon for Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR, Associate Professor of Music in Organ at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and Assistant Organist of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Louisville, KY. He has also served as the Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, and as Canon for Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta.

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